Dr. Vittorio Morandi

Vittorio Morandi, PhD in Physics at University of Bologna, is Director of CNR Institute for Nanostructured Materials (ISMN), Chair of EuroNanoLab , President of the CNR Research Area of Bologna and Coordinator of the Research Infrastructure “Infrastructure for Energy Transition and Circular Economy @ EuroNanoLab” (iENTRANCE@ENL).

His research activities concern the development of advanced electron microscopy techniques, High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM) Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM), Energy Dispersive X-Ray Microanalysis (EDX), Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS), Electron Holography, their application to the study of micro- and nanomaterials, and the synthesis, characterization, and technological processing and integration of graphene and graphene-based materials. 

The most important achievements has been related to the study of image formation mechanisms in SEM, the study and development of imaging modes and detection solutions in scanning transmission mode both in the SEM and in the TEM, the structural and compositional characterization of graphene-based materials with high resolution TEM-based techniques and more recently, the development of Chemical Vapor Deposition synthesis of graphene materials, with particular focus on 3D structures (graphene foams) and the integration of graphene membranes in devices and in CMOS compatible technological processes.